Adeela Suleman’s work featured in ‘Bashi Bazouk’ exhibition focusses on violence using different modes of depiction
Momentro Mori: Remember That you Must Die.
The number of times the word ‘violence’ occurs in this text may be surprising. Ashis Nandy notes that the only substitute for Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola; in the same vein, the only synonym for violence is violence. There can, however, be several forms of silence to cope with various forms of violence. An artist does not generally take up arms, enter politics or join protest demonstrations to confront violence of various types, scales and intentions. A visual artist, for that matter, is closer in this regard to a snail than a turtle. He/she does not seek refuge in the self but carries the burden on his/her body, and continues the journey forward. So much so that the baggage and the body become one, inseparable entity.